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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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